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COMPANY: Topaz Labs | URL: (See Buy & Info links below) | TYPE: Plug-in | PLATFORM: Mac, Windows | PRICE: $179.99
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| Topaz Labs plug-ins are among the hottest Photoshop add-ons right now, for the following reasons: Low prices, great effects and very active participation by the developers in the user community. The developers are constantly updating and improving the products, and upgrades are often free for existing customers. You can purchase each of these SEVEN bundled plug-ins separately for a total of $340, but you can save $160 off that total by opting for the Topaz Photoshop Plug-in Suite for $179.99. This is a fantastic deal considering the wide range of image effects and enhancements they make possible. Topaz Adjust is especially noted for its ability to bring out detail in your images while offering additional unique creative effects along the way. Other developers charge up to and over $595 for this type of plug-in, and they offer far less functionality! The new Topaz ReMask supercharges masking and extraction in Photoshop by applying new extraction technology to this common task. Topaz Detail enhances detail and image clarity without adding the common halo effects. Topaz Simplify not only revives the long discontinued buZZ simplificiation effects from another developer but offers many additional ways to smooth and beautify your images, thus turning photographers into artists. Topaz DeNoise equals or exceeds the best noise reduction software offered elsewhere, while Topaz Clean enables you to smooth and reduce detail in your images as well as artistically enhance the edges in ways not possible elsewhere. Finally, Topaz DeJPEG cleans up image compression artifacts. Below are actual user comments (gathered from various online forums) so you can get an idea of how Topaz products are shaking up the plug-ins market: "I’ve been using the Topaz bundle for almost a year now. Remask 2 totally rocks." "I have to say, I’ve never been so blown away with the one, two, three simple results of Topaz." "These are great plugins, DeNoise and DeJPEG are especially amazing when used to clean up old family photographs that I have scanned or on vintage, low resolution family jpgs. Adjust of course stands out by itself. All of the rest have been very useful, very flexible too..." "...I got Adjust as a 'poor man's' alternative to LucisArt, which it does a fine job of emulating, whereas PS does not even come close..." "As for Topaz Denoise, I agree with everyone that it's the ultimate NR app out there now - at least as good as Nik Dfine. ...for ISO 1600 or 3200 images shot at dusk, nothing beats Topaz." "Topaz detail is my favorite of the bunch. the control you get over sharpening is amazing, and there truly no artifacts produced!" "This is a really wonderful set of plug-ins... Well worth the money. I highly recommend it." "I bought the Topaz bundle months ago and it has since become an indispensable productivity tool. I use it interchangeably in Photoshop and Aperture and it’s a huge time saver which also makes a signature style a real breeze. Remask 2 is a great improvement over the original product and the Topaz upgrade policies are the best I’ve found anywhere. Highly recommended!" "I have been using the various Topaz bundle software products for quite sometime now... I have found this software extremely easy to use and with fantastic results. ...Topaz Labs put out in my opinion if not the best surely one of the best plug in softwares available today and a great price." "I think these are the most fun plug-ins I’ve ever played with..." "It’s amazing what Adjust can do when used with subtlety, you can make photos pop without them looking over processed. The other plugins are clearly powerful as well..." "Excellent tools for extension of creative expression, top shelf noise removal and extraction software!" "I have tried for years to achieve a 'certain' look and feel with some of my photographs, and it was difficult to impossible, until I found Adjust..." "I'm sure DeNoise 3 will take noise reduction to a new level. I have so much confidence in Topaz that as soon as DeNoise3 is available I will certainly buy it... I have now gotten to the point where products from Topaz are the only ones I just buy without even doing the 'try out version' first. I don't think I would do that with any other publisher. I even purchased Clean 2, even though I really didn't think I [would] use it that much and now I LOVE it. I've never been quite so enthused about a product like this. Maybe it's the price/functionality or the feedback and info I get from this group, but... (Topaz products) has given me a new found enjoyment and creativity in my work. " "Topaz...is rapidly becoming my favorite software company." "I'm really digging the Topaz Adjust plug-in. I downloaded the trial today, and it's a sure thing I'm going to buy it. I've played with art filters before, but none with the variety and power of TA. It works particularly well for scapes and architecture." "A very interesting little plug-in... The results are very similar to LucisArt but with a better interface." "I simply love Topaz plug-ins. Great software to a good price and good service from them. I have to say that I use Adjust in more than 98% of my pics." "I've just purchased the Denoise plugin. By far, it’s the best I’ve tried." "denoise is best of the pack at this moment. best denoise tool you can get, it can be a bit slow at times but it preserves most detail..." "I found so far that Topaz Adjust is very useful for overall tone mapping, where it can bring up a flat or contrasty photo and make sense out of the tones it finds. It can spark up a flat image, or pull out detail from a dark or contrasty image. That alone makes it worthwhile." "I really enjoy the Topaz filters. Yeah you can go overboard but sometimes the contrast you can add to a picture is amazing. I have made average pictures stand out because of Topaz." "I actually started playing with the Topaz suite several weeks ago. I got Adjust and several other plugins (Simplify, Clean, DeNoise) and I’ve experimented a bit. Amazing little suite for the price. I’d checked out LucisArt, but I found that I agreed with another reviewer regarding Topaz. 95% of the way there with the suite compared to Lucis at a fraction of the cost. Works for me so far!" "Adjust can do much more than high contrast, low saturation, over sharpened look effects. There is an entire range of treatments from soft to hard sharpening, low to hyper saturation, and contrasts that run the gamut as well. Plus, you can adjust every aspect of the effect to get the look you want. I use Topaz Adjust/Simplify/DeNoise in conjunction with Nik plug-ins to get the look I want, to the point that some folks think I do HDR, when I don’t at all." "I purchased all of their plug-ins a while ago. Denoise was recently updated is definitely faster than the older version... Bang for the buck, they are absolutely fantastic. They all work in CS4 64-bit which is great (and faster)." "I am very new to Topaz, but I am really enjoying the dynamics that it adds to photos..." "I know you will love this program each and everytime you use it. I purchased it the first time I used it. I knew I had to have it. Since then, I ordered their Topaz Clean and that is a neat product to have too." "lol it is for sure an addiction! I feel like I haven't finished editing a photo unless it has a little topaz :D" "I've been evaluating a few denoiser apps, and I believe Topaz has the best product." |
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